The Voortrekker Road Corridor and the Bellville CBD have been in a downward spiral of urban degeneration for at least the past 15 Years. A declining quality of public transport service led those who can afford to do so, to use the N1 Freeway to get to and from work, shopping and other activities. Huge developments have taken place on this freeway “Super Corridor” including N1 City, Tyger Valley, Century City and Cape Gate. These developments have not been planned around public transport and are therefore not accessible to most Capetonians. The flight of business, shopping and investment to the N1 Super Corridor has, in turn led to blight, urban decay and degradation of the Voortrekker Road Corridor and its historic towns of Maitland, Goodwood, Parow and Bellville. Going forward an upward spiral of urban regeneration is envisaged. This will be led by major investment in new trains and the MyCiti Bus Rapid Transport to rejuvenate public transport and attract choice riders back onto the corridor. A wave of high density affordable social, gap and student housing will revitalise blighted central areas on the corridor, bring life back and support the upgraded public transport in a virtuous circle of what is called “Transit Orientated Development” or TOD. Smart City technologies can play a leading role in enabling this transition. Through linking learning infrastructure with economic infrastructure an innovation “powerhouse” can be created which goes hand-in-hand with urban regeneration to drive economic growth and investment of major proportions. Some of the projects under development include a R 3bn new metropolitan station, a regional Technology Incubator linked to an innovation ecosystem embracing five major universities and 100 000 students, an integrated air /sea/road/rail global logistics platform linked to CTIA a basket of smaller projects, prioritised and integrated into 5 year Strategic Plan for the Partnership. A pilot tech incubator has already been established in partnership with the Bandwidth Barn.

1. TheGreater
TygerbergPartnership

3. o 12directors Representing
o Business
o Academic Institutions
o City of CapeTown
o W Cape Provincial
Government
o Supported by Mayors
Urban Regeneration
Programme

4. Our Focus Area:
TheVoortrekker Road Corridor

5. Integration Zone Strategic Investment Plan
Regeneration Facilitation
Clean & Safe
Tackling Problem
Buildings

7. SEVENTRANSITIONS

8. 11680–1860
Birth

9. Safe Wagon Route over Cape Flats sand & vleis to Outspan
(Hardekraaltjie)

10. 21860–1940
Urbanisation

11. • 1849 hard road Reaches
Hardekraaltjie Outspan
• 1860 Railway line to Maitland,
Goodwood, Parow and
Bellville
• High Street development of
town centres as cars become
important
• Bellville now nexus of
Regional Rail System

12. 31940 - 1980
Satellite towns on Rail / Bus Corridor
City Integration

13. As City Grows
• Towns become satellites of Greater
CapeTown
• Civic Pride & Competition
• Industrialisation creates Commuter
Movement Corridor and Industrial /
commercial belt onVoortrekker
Road
• Bellville becomes important
national rail nexus

14. Commuter Suburbs on Rail / Bus / taxi Corridor
4 1980 - 2015
Metro Sprawl

15. • Freeway becomes dominant mover for
high income commuters and freight
• Development leapfrogs the N1 to
capture high income markets and car
based shopping

16. • Voortrekker Road Enters
Relative Decline as rail / bus
services deteriorate
• Bellville and other towns
decline, continue to serve
Cape Flats communities

17. POST MODERN HYPER MOBILE REGIONAL CORRIDOR
INTEGRATED COMMUTER CITY CORRIDOR
CAPE FLATS
THE GREAT DISCONNECTION

18. 5 2015 – 2025
Metro Compaction

19. • My Citi Integrated
RapidTransit
• New PRASA Rail
Fleet
• New Bellville Station

20. CorridorTransition Period WorldTransition Transport Driver Urban Response
1.
Birth
1680 –
1840
RegionalWagon Route Outspan at Hardekraaltjie
2.
Urbanisation
1860 -
1940
Age of Steel, Electricity &
Heavy Engineering
Hard Road & Railway
Line
CountryVillages & High Streets
3. City
Integration
1940 –
1980
Age of Oil, Automobiles &
Mass Production
Commuter Rail / Bus
Corridor
Industrialisation
SatelliteTowns & Corridor
Emergence
4. Metro Sprawl 1980 –
2020
Age of Information &
Telecommunications
N1 Regional Motor
Corridor, Mini BusTaxi
Corridor Decline
5. Metro
Compaction
2020 –
2030
Era ofTurbulence Bus RapidTransit, New
Trains, SmartTransport
Systems
Corridor Regeneration
6. Africanisation 2030 -
2040
Start of Age of Biotechnology
and Renewable Energy?
Fast Rail, SmartVehicles Off Grid SatelliteTowns
7. Regionalism 2040 + Midpoint of Age of Biotech
and Renewable Energy?
Walking & Cycling UrbanVillages

22. Movement
restrictions, but
also
opportunities to
restructure
fragmented Cape
Town

25. • FutureTyger
e

26. Integration Zone
• Network optimisation
public investments
• Growth generating nodes
development corridors.
• Aim is to attract private investment

31. process
strategic sustainable
partnerships

34. 2040Vision
regenerated inter-connected
• link CapeTown’s two metropolitan nodes
innovation and development
powerhouse
“one
of the world’s greatest cities in which to live and
learn, work, invest and discover – a place of
possibility”

35. Six Regeneration imperatives

36. Step Path 2014 – 2040

41. Urban Acupunture

42. LAUNCHING THE INNOVATION HELIX
TRIGGERINGTHE NEW METRO NODE
LAYING BUILDING BLOCKS FOR TOD ONTHE CORRIDOR

43. LAUNCHING THE INNOVATION HELIX

44. LAUNCHING THE INNOVATION HELIX

45. TRIGGERINGTHE NEW METRO NODE

46. Bellville Central ,Western
Cape
Bridge City, KZN

47. TRIGGERINGTHE NEW METRO NODE

48. TRIGGERINGTHE NEW METRO NODE
Bellville – CapeTown Int Airport
“Aerotropolis” & Belcon Freight
Facility

49. TRIGGERINGTHE NEW METRO NODE

51. LAYING BUILDING BLOCKS FOR TOD
ONTHE CORRIDOR
Overlay Zone :
Possible Mixed Use DevelopmentVehicle
Public LandTransfer Agreement
Tyger Design Laboratory

52. Public Land
Agreement
Tyger Design
Lab
Infrastructure
Lobbying
Flexible
Planning
Project
Partnerships
Institutional
Partnerships
Innovation
Eco System
Development
Vehicle
Finance
Network
Building Blocks for Regeneration: